plashing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of plash

plural plashings

1. countableuncountableA sound that plashes, as of water.

   Barest plashings of a liquid sphere; eloquent breathings of an emerald world...

   1862, Samuel Ward Francis, Inside out: a curious book, page 216

2. countableuncountableThe cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
3. countableuncountableThe dashing or sprinkling of colouring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.